Apr

Hangamania

Calling all wannabe Bhangra members: it’s Hangama, the Organization of Pakistani Students’ annual Mock Wedding, in which a “groom” from NYU takes away his Columbian “bride”–which means more colorful outfits and South Asian dancing than you’ll see this side of the subcontinent (we exaggerate, but really). Even if it weren’t the perfect day, OPS knew how to get the crowds out: transplanting the legendary 53rd and 6th Chicken and Rice stand to Columbia. Bwog had to take a break.

was actually quite abhorrent, music or not. rohin and krishn seemed to have forgotten half their steps. satjot just plain sucks, and is by far the worst person on bhangra. who the fuck let him on? did anyone see him at tamasha? he has a horrendous case of two left feet.

ok well i was just talking about their routine, they practically use the same moves over and over again(i.e. bending down real low and pointing) [umm new choreographer please?...] your song selection is amazing, but there's a reason you guys aren't doing well this year.

you, number 11, just bashed the dancers. harsh, but i like it! the girls are amazing though!

OPS got no cut of the CNR money. As an avid, CNR gourmand, this was the REAL chicken and rice. Different physical cart (they were here past 8, when they set up at 53rd. Their A-cart was their, their B-cart was here), but same crew, same food, same t-shirts, same white-sauce.

only tagged the post with bhangra but they never actually referred to any particular dance groups. they simply said South Asian dancing. besides, when people in this country think of south asian dancing, bhangra is the thing that comes to mind since most folks arent familiar with most other types of dance.rest assured that i do have love, madd props, and crazy respect for taal, raas, bhangra, ops, hso, zamana, and all other groups on this campus that are even remotely related to south asia. that should mean a lot to you

"when people in this country think of south asian dancing, bhangra is the thing that comes to mind since most folks arent familiar with most other types of dance."

...? are you serious?? you can't speak for most people in this country, you can only speak for yourself and your obviously limited knowledge of south asian dance genres.

i'm sure that "most folks" know about "that dance with the sticks." [raas] i also feel very confident that many people know what the tabla is. tabla beats are directly related to classical indian dance, hence taal.

necessarily agree with you.sure i can't speak for other people all right, but i strongly believe that the reality is closer to my opinion than yours, i.e. bhangra is the most common type of south asian dance this country is aware of with the others considerably farther behind. as far as people recognizing music, again i strongly believe most people sort of lump it all together as general indian music and dont really know quite what dance and what music would be paired

also im awfully familiar with the spectrum of south asian dance since i lived in india for 10 years and have participated in several types of dancing myself (bharata natyam, raas, bhangra, etc)